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THE
Black Hawk War

INCLUDING A REVIEW OF

BLACK HAWK’S LIFE

Illustrated with upward of three hundred rare and interesting

portraits and views

BY

FRANK E. STEVENS

FRANK E. STEVENS

1205 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.

Chicago . . Illinois

1903


Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1903, by

FRANK E. STEVENS

in the office of the Librarian of Congress at

Washington, D.C.


Dear Mother–


This book represents long years of patient toil from which a corresponding return is not expected; it has been a labor of love. To whom, then, should it be dedicated but yourself, who spent so many toilsome years to rear its author, who may never repay a fraction of the debt he owes you.

F.E.S.